NATIONAL MONSTER DAY

Since August 15th is National Monster Day, I decided to have an all-day craft that folks could just drop in and do.

I had to "frankenstein" two sets of instructions, as neither of them worked well on their own.

Here is how I constructed the yarn monster:

Cut cardboard pieces 3" by around 5 1/2".  Since the cardboard can easily start to bend once the yarn wrapping is started, I rubber-banded two pieces together.  You could also hot glue them together as well.

You will use the 5 1/2" length to wrap your yarn around.  Wrap the yarn 150 times around the cardboard.  Once you have reached the last wrap, cut off the yarn.  On one side of the cardboard, tie a knot around the center of the yarn.

Flip the cardboard over and cut through the center of the yarn.  This is your hair pom pom.

At this point, if you wish to use the pipe cleaners as shown in the picture, wrap it around the pom.

Use a 3-ounce Dixie cup turned upside down, and hot glue the pom to the top of the cup.

Add googly eyes,

My sample did not have the eyes hot-glued to the pipe cleaner.  I simply hot-glued on two large googly eyes to the front.  I also wrapped a pipe cleaner around the pom and wrapped it around a pencil to achieve some curls.

You could add more than one set of eyes, if you wish.

This would be a great Halloween or anytime craft!  Also, with the Summer Reading Program theme next year (2019) being space, these could easily be made into space aliens with green yarn and sparkly pipe cleaners!